Pittsburgh

August 20, 2009:  The last stop on this journey, Pittsburgh, proved to be one full of surprises.  First, I did not realize Pittsburgh was so hilly.  Earlier in the year I was in San Francisco and the topography in Pittsburgh was a surprise.  It was my second visit to the downtown area, and thanks to the kindness of a fellow couchsurfer it was my first visit to the suburbs outside of the city.  The city is a storehouse of so much history (the steel mills, many foundations with legacies), so much culture (multiple layers of immigrants).  A visit to the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh was the main purpose in stopping in Pittsburgh, but I found myself in the Strip, which provided an inspiration for thesis - Stan's Market.

Inside the fish market

Inside Stan's Market

 

Downtown Pittsburgh

The Strip ... A place with indoor food markets and various kinds of food representing different ethnic groups (For example:  Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican)

Unfortunately, this picture is skewed, but it is a sandwich that contains tuna, french fries, and coleslaw.  The sandwich is from Primanti Brothers, a restaurant on the Strip.  My host told me that during the times of the steel mill, the workers would come in to this place and order a sandwich with fries and slaw.  They did not have enough time to eat the entire meal, so they combined everything into one sandwich.